National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 6, Montreal 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 4, 2024
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Referees: Beau Halkidis, Graham Skilliter
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Bryan Pancich
Attendance: 21105
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0246
Montreal 0101
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
13:16 - Canadiens Joel Armia (2) Hooking
 15:19 - Sabres Bench (2) Too many men on ice
2nd Period
Scoring
5:33 - Sabres Casey Mittelstadt (PP) Assists: Jeff Skinner , Rasmus Dahlin
6:59 - Sabres Jeff Skinner (PP) Assists: Alex Tuch , Tage Thompson
13:19 - Canadiens Joel Armia (SH) Unassisted
Penalties
5:00 - Canadiens David Savard (2) Slashing
 6:14 - Canadiens Mitchell Stephens (2) Interference
 12:14 - Canadiens Michael Pezzetta (2) Tripping
 17:59 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
6:45 - Sabres Jack Quinn (EV) Assists: JJ Peterka , Connor Clifton
8:35 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: Jeff Skinner , Alex Tuch
14:31 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (EV) (EN) Assists: Mattias Samuelsson , Casey Mittelstadt
18:32 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: Jeff Skinner , Jack Quinn
Penalties
13:19 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (2) Roughing
 13:19 - Canadiens David Savard (2) Roughing
 13:19 - Canadiens Mike Matheson (2) Roughing
 13:19 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (2) Roughing
 14:43 - Sabres Zach Benson (2) Delay of game
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Devon Levi G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 48:42 5:18 6:00 0 0 - - - - -
Erik Johnson D 0 0 0 E 0 0 24 17:54 13:42 0:00 4:12 0 0 5 1 - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 E 2 2 20 17:09 14:09 2:18 0:42 0 0 1 1 1 1 50
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 22 17:07 17:07 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 3 - - -
Jordan Greenway LW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 20 18:39 14:45 0:00 3:54 0 0 3 1 1 1 50
Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 11:52 11:21 0:00 0:31 0 0 2 - 7 1 88
Jack Quinn RW 1 1 2 +2 0 3 21 13:26 10:07 2:17 1:02 0 0 - 1 0 1 0
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 1 1 +2 0 5 24 21:32 17:13 0:00 4:19 0 0 5 - - - -
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 +1 6 2 21 14:40 11:09 2:09 1:22 0 0 2 2 1 9 10
Owen Power D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 22 17:38 15:21 2:17 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 1 1 2 E 0 4 31 21:17 16:19 3:09 1:49 0 0 2 2 - - -
Zemgus Girgensons LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 11:58 10:58 0:00 1:00 0 0 3 - 1 0 100
Casey Mittelstadt C 1 1 2 +1 0 2 24 17:46 14:50 2:55 0:01 1 0 1 1 13 10 57
Jeff Skinner LW 1 3 4 +1 0 4 20 15:57 12:55 3:02 0:00 1 0 - - 1 3 25
Victor Olofsson LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 12:16 12:16 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tage Thompson C 2 1 3 +1 0 4 22 17:28 12:14 3:06 2:08 0 0 1 1 4 6 40
Connor Clifton D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 26 19:32 17:52 0:00 1:40 0 0 4 3 - - -
JJ Peterka RW 0 1 1 E 0 3 18 11:28 9:10 2:18 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Alex Tuch RW 0 2 2 +1 0 1 21 16:23 12:03 3:00 1:20 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Cayden Primeau G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jake Allen G 0 0 0 0 0 59:26 48:08 6:00 5:18 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 E 2 3 20 19:57 12:48 3:32 3:37 0 0 - - - - -
Brendan Gallagher RW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 19 15:32 13:04 2:28 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Mitchell Stephens C 0 0 0 E 2 0 17 11:04 9:30 0:00 1:34 0 0 1 - 6 6 50
Nick Suzuki C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 25 23:18 17:15 5:05 0:58 0 0 - - 10 9 53
Josh Anderson RW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 20 17:05 14:37 2:28 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Juraj Slafkovsky LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 24 19:46 16:14 3:32 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Kaiden Guhle D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 20 18:54 17:27 0:00 1:27 0 0 1 1 - - -
Cole Caufield RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 23 20:28 16:56 3:32 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 0 100
Johnathan Kovacevic D 0 0 0 E 0 0 7 8:07 6:56 0:00 1:11 0 0 1 4 - - -
Joel Armia RW 1 0 1 E 2 3 21 15:12 12:58 0:00 2:14 0 1 1 - - - -
Jayden Struble D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 17:45 17:32 0:00 0:13 0 0 3 - - - -
Justin Barron D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 18 16:47 14:13 2:28 0:06 0 0 1 - - - -
Jordan Harris D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 16 15:34 14:33 0:00 1:01 0 0 - 1 - - -
Michael Pezzetta LW 0 0 0 -1 2 2 14 10:04 10:04 0:00 0:00 0 0 7 - - - -
Jesse Ylonen RW 0 0 0 -2 0 5 16 13:28 11:00 2:28 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
David Savard D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 19 16:45 13:42 0:00 3:03 0 0 2 5 - - -
Jake Evans C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 20 16:30 11:51 0:55 3:44 0 0 2 1 7 6 54
Sean Monahan C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 23 19:00 13:24 3:32 2:04 0 0 1 - 10 8 56
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Devon Levi W (9-7-2) 33 32 1 .970 0 60:00
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jake Allen L (5-10-3) 37 32 5 .865 0 59:26